Steel Battalion

The $200 giant-robot game with the three-foot-wide "cockpit simulator" is the craziest and coolest thing a major video game company has ever done.
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Players take the helm of a state-of-the-art, tactical battle-mech known as the Vertical Tank (VT). It's the most evolved, hi-powered form of military weapon ever created. To succeed, players will master the integrated control interface in the most realistic battle-mech simulator ever created for the home. The high-priced Steel Battalion package includes a heavy 40+ button, cockpit simulator that gives players a real feel for piloting their VT into battle and on to victory. Designed specifically for the power of the Xbox, Steel Battalion simulates the world of hi-tech robot battles in the middle of a massive military coup. Only released in limited numbers.

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In the increasingly conservative video game industry, where too many publishers and developers place more value on same-old sequels ("leveraging established technology") and weak movie and T.V. tie-ins ("synergy with intellectual properties") than original, compelling games, the mere existence of Steel Battalion is a marvel. It's also inarguably a game that could only have been conceived in Japan, where the best developers treat game design as art instead of commerce. One of Steel Battalion's producers allegedly stated, "I don't care if we sell a lot of this game or not. I just wanted to make a game that I was satisfied with." You might catch an American developer expressing a similar sentiment in an e-mail interview, but he won't mean a damn word of it -- and he surely won't back up his claim with the most outrageous and enormous custom-built controller in the history of video gaming. Read More »